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Vol.32
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I once met a woman who
said she rarely experiences
stress at work even though she
has a hard-working job that
specializes in launching a
Japanese subsidiary of a foreign
company.
Her job
includes corporate registration,
notification to the city,
selection of financial
institution and opening of bank
account, finding of office space
and purchase of fixtures and
fittings, recruitment, and
providing of accommodation for
executives dispatched from the
parent company. These are only
some I can name and there would
be more if small services are
included.
That
often requires staying up all
night for a few consecutive
days. However, she, in her late
60s, has been managing all by
herself. When I asked her why
she has no stress from work, she
said, "Reluctantly doing a job
makes me stressful. Not to do
so, I always take a positive
attitude toward everything."
Here is an example of
work-related stress you may
often take. I present the
following three options you can
choose when you receive an order
from your superior. Which do you
think is appropriate?
A.
Must follow
B. Undetermined
yet
C. Reject
I
think A would be the best answer
for most of operational orders
given by your superior. (That
may not always be the case
because not all superiors have
management skills to properly
give orders.) Actually, anyone
in management would like it to
be A. If you choose C, you need
to challenge your superior with
your decision of rejection at
the risk of losing your job.
In the end, your
superior’s order is a must in
most occasions. So, rather than
coming up with some excuses when
you cannot complete it, why
don’t you work on it in a
positive way?
The
worst is complaining while
working, and it must be the one
that creates stress in you.
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